What is the ruling on eating the meat of sea birds? Is it permissible or not?
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Question:
Regarding eating the meat of sea birds, is it permissible or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for the rest, the default ruling for birds is permissibility, except for what evidence indicates is forbidden, such as birds of prey that hunt and kill with their talons; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every bird with a talon and every beast with a fang. So the predators that hunt with their fangs or their claws, these are beasts among the birds or wild animals, and it is not permissible to eat them.
Likewise, birds that feed on impurities, on impurities such as the crow, the vulture, and others that eat carrion, these are forbidden because of the impurity of what they eat; because they feed on the impure, and that affects their meat with impurity. And likewise, what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to be killed, such as the crow, the hoopoe, or what he forbade from being killed, such as the hoopoe and the falcon—what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to be killed among the birds, or what he forbade from being killed among the birds, its meat is not lawful. And what is other than that is lawful, whether it is from land birds, or from sea birds, or from
Regarding eating the meat of sea birds, is it permissible or not? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for the rest, the default ruling for birds is permissibility, except for what evidence indicates is forbidden, such as birds of prey that hunt and kill with their talons; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every bird with a talon and every beast with a fang. So the predators that hunt with their fangs or their claws, these are beasts among the birds or wild animals, and it is not permissible to eat them.
Likewise, birds that feed on impurities, on impurities such as the crow, the vulture, and others that eat carrion, these are forbidden because of the impurity of what they eat; because they feed on the impure, and that affects their meat with impurity. And likewise, what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to be killed, such as the crow, the hoopoe, or what he forbade from being killed, such as the hoopoe and the falcon—what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered to be killed among the birds, or what he forbade from being killed among the birds, its meat is not lawful. And what is other than that is lawful, whether it is from land birds, or from sea birds, or from
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم تناول لحم طيور البحر، هل يجوز ذلك أم لا؟ - الشيخ صالح بن فوزان الفوزان — youtube.com
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